Fibre Box Association (FBA) provides services and benefits to its members that can’t be found anywhere else. At FBA there are three core elements of membership benefits – data, issues and connections.

Data – FBA members recognize data services as a hallmark of FBA membership. Since 1940, FBA has been providing members with valuable statistical information and efficient methods of submitting data for a variety of reports. Look to FBA for the most complete and useful statistical information found anywhere about the corrugated industry.

Click here for a brief description of all of the reports offered by FBA.

Issues– Issue Management is the largest area of association work. From technical responses to regulations and standards development to sustainability and the environment, government relations, safety and health, FBA manages an ever-increasing number of key industry issues through our organization of standing committees. These committees and the work they do, is how we define issue management. Click here for more information on Issue Management and FBA Committees

Connections – Fibre Box Association (FBA) unites the corrugated industry. Throughout the year, FBA offers its members meetings and workshops as opportunities to interact with industry peers. Active members agree they're more competitive in business because of what they learn from networking with other FBA members.

Policies and Procedures

Dues for the current calendar year are based on member company consolidated plant shipments for the 12-month period ending on June 30th of the previous year.

Dues are billed each quarter (1/4 of the annual dues) and are payable within thirty (30) days, except that member companies paying the minimum dues will be billed for the full annual dues in January. Dues are payable in U.S. dollars.

Dues are applicable to the shipments of corrugated and solid fiber products (including sheets) from plants in North America.

When a member company sells applicable products to another member company, the seller does not pay dues on those shipments, the buyer does.

- If a member sells to a non-member company, the member pays dues on those shipments.

- If a member buys from a non-member company, the member pays dues on those shipments.

Certain membership dues situations arise as a result of company consolidation or divestitures:

- If a merger or acquisition occurs among two or more
member companies, the dues will be paid on the
basis of separate
companies until the following fiscal year.

- If any member buys or sells an operating box plant,
the member’s shipment base for dues purposes will
be adjusted
accordingly and it will pay dues on the adjusted basis effective
immediately. The fact that a
member builds or closes a box plant does
not affect his shipment basis until the following year